Which of the following rhetorical devices is used in the following statement:Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.

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Which of the following rhetorical devices is used in the following statement:"Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.”

A	Alliteration:Immediate Juxtaposition
B	Ethos
C	Logos
D	Parallelism

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -In “I Have a Dream”, Martin Luther King Jr. extensively uses repetitions, metaphors, and allusions. Other rhetorical devices that you should note are antithesis, direct address, and enumeration. Rhetorical devices are language tools used to make speakers’ arguments both appealing and memorable.

Detailed explanation-2: -Parallelism, repetition, and enumeration.

Detailed explanation-3: -Repetition, figurative language, and even rhetorical questions are all examples of rhetorical devices.

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